Ever since he took on the role of ass kicker extraordinaire, Liam Neeson has been labeled as a man that could mow down quite a few baddies in the confines of a feature film. At least, that's what we were lead to believe before the graphic above was released onto the internet this afternoon. For those of you who are hardcore Liam Neeson fans that are convinced of his godly powers of justice, you're going to want to sit down for this one.

Taken 2 won’t get its official Blu-ray release until January 15, but those who were hoping to get the sequel for Christmas might actually still be in luck. Fox Home Entertainment announced today that it’s releasing the Liam Neeson flick on a variety of HD Digital platforms effective immediately.

Liam Neeson doesn’t always seem like the most intrinsic of action stars, but when he steps into the shoes of CIA operative Bryan Mills, he always brings his A-game. Taken 2, the follow-up to Mill’s first revenge thriller, Taken, had a nice run in theaters, and will now be hitting homes just after the holidays. Taken 2 will fight its way on to Blu-ray and DVD on January 15.

Ben Affleck's Oscar baiting Argo settled for a close second place with $20 million. That wasn't quite enough to top his previous directorial effort The Town which bowed in at $23 million. The drop is most easily blamed on the fact that Jon Hamm wasn't cast this time around.

Robert Mark Kamen, who produced both Taken and Taken 2, has confirmed that the big box office take for the sequel has convinced the filmmakers behind it to make a part three. "We didn't start talking about [Taken 3] until we saw the numbers," Kamen said. "But then we said, 'Oh, okay. I think we should do a third one.' And Fox wants us to do a third one."

It's not often that a sequel majorly outperforms its predecessor, but in the case of Taken 2, despite being hammered by critics for being a pale shadow of the original, it banked more than twice as much cash as Taken did on its opening weekend.

As the sequel to the surprise smash hit Taken, we probably could have expected that Taken 2 would have a big box office weekend-- but possibly no one could have expected it to be this big. Early estimates have Taken 2 making an estimated $18.5 million, which includes $1.5 million from midnight showings

Taken 2 arrives in theaters this weekend promising pretty much everything you loved about the original Taken-- Liam Neeson is back in Europe, bad guys are back to doing bad, and he's got to set them straight in order to protect his family. But of course, no sequel is as simple as that, and nobody knows that better than director Olivier Megaton

This week on Operation Kino, we've got a highly specialized set of skills that we will use to bring our beloved pets back from the dead, as we review both Taken 2 and Frankenweenie, two of this weekend's new releases. From there we dive into the conversation that seems to be fascinating a lot of critics these days: digital vs. film

Taken was exactly the kind of massive surprise hit that almost always lends itself to a sequel, especially when the appeal of the first movie was mostly about Liam Neeson, who seems in no hurry to give up on his newfound reputation as a badass. So with Taken 2 arriving this Friday, it seems logical to assume that plans for a Taken 3 are already in the works

The original Taken was such a success ($226M globally against an announced budget of $25M) that a sequel was unavoidable. The plot follows Neeson’s retired CIA agent, Bryan Mills, as he fights to protect his wife (Famke Janssen) and daughter (Maggie Grace) from the vengeful terrorists who made his life a living hell in the first place.

We all know that sequels don't often turn out as good as the original, especially when the original is a lightning-in-a-bottle hit like 2009's Taken, which pulled off the unlikely feat of making Liam Neeson an action hero. Neeson has proven he's a badass worth following since then in films like The Grey

We all know what we want to see from Taken 2, and luckily everything we've seen from this movie so far seems to offer exactly that. The sequel to the surprise 2009 hit, Taken 2 finds Liam Neeson's Bryan Mills once again in a foreign country facing off against the thugs-- actually, the same thugs from last time

Everything we've seen so far in the marketing for Taken 2 suggest that director Pierre Morel knows exactly what we want to see: Taken again, and double the Liam Neeson growls. Now a trailer has finally debuted, over at the Australian Yahoo, and though it may be the international trailer, it provides exactly what you'd want to see now matter what country you're in

Everyone knows it doesn't take much to sell Taken 2. Really, all it takes is one thing-- Liam Neeson, scowling into the middle distance. It helps if you can add a tagline that promises something about his quest for vengeance, but Neeson's terrifying mug is really all it takes

Since he was reborn as an action star in 2009's Taken, nothing Liam Neeson has done has quite lived up to the pulpy insanity of that first film-- Unknown felt like a sillier retread of the same territory, while The Grey was far more contemplative and interesting than ass-kicking

What do we learn? That the sequel returns Neeson, Grace and Famke Janssen (as Neeson’s ex-wife), and takes place in Istanbul, Paris and Los Angeles. The plot – a straight-up vengeance tale – involves the father (Rade Serbedzija) of one of Neeson’s victims swearing to bring our hero down.

One of the things that worked so well about Taken was the simplicity of the story. Man loves daughter. Daughter gets kidnapped by human traffickers in Europe. Man tears through France using a “very particular set of skills” to get daughter back. Add Liam Neeson into the equation and the film was bound to be a winner? Will the sequel turn out as well? It’s hard to tell at this point.

When it was reported back in April that Maggie Grace would be returning for Taken 2, I began to have bad flashbacks to the second season of 24. While it was thrilling when Kiefer Sutherland had to save Elisha Cuthbert from evil captors in the first run, when it happened a second time it was uninspired and ridiculous. Now plot details have come out about the Olivier Megaton-directed sequel and, fortunately they're actually doing the complete opposite.

Last month there was a big question surrounding the future of Taken 2. as it was unknown if star Liam Neeson would be available to reprise his role as Bryan Mills. Neeson and producer Luc Besson were eventually able to work something out, but what about the proverbial title character? She'll be back too.

One of the principal reasons that Pierre Morel's Taken was such a great success was because Liam Neeson was such a powerhouse in it. Hell, the entire first trailer hinged upon a monologue that few if any other actors could have performed with as much gravitas and force. Sadly, while a sequel is currently in the works, Neeson may not be a part of it.

While at a press conference for From Paris with Love Luc Besson revealed that he has completed the script for the sequel to his surprise hit Taken. Besson exclaimed, “Yeah, I finished yesterday,” referring to the script